Dr. Mary Fitzbutler (b. 1869) was the daughter of Dr. Henry Firtzbutler, a man who’d fled enslavement in Virginia before earning his MD from the University of Michigan. Mary’s mother, Sarah, was the first Black woman to obtain a medical degree in Kentucky.

Welcome to the 21st-century authoritarian playbook: You decide you will only accept results if you win. If you lose, there is "fraud." You have planned this anti-"fraud" action well before the election. MAGA emulating Turkey, Venezuela, etc. —Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#FlashBackFriday Throwing it back to a time when my parents, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, embraced the joy of life together. Their love and laughter were as powerful as their commitment to justice and equality. In moments like these, their humanity shone

September 20, 1958, Martin Luther King Jr. in the hospital after being stabbed in a Harlem department store with a letter opener lodged near his heart. — MLK Jr. Assassination Attempt — On 20th September 1958, Izola Ware Curry, a 42-year-old mentally disturbed woman, stabbed

My vote for meme of the day.

It was great being back at U.S. Military Academy at West Point to receive the Thayer Award and spend time with some incredible cadets. They’ve embarked on a life of service – striving on behalf of something bigger than themselves – and we owe them a debt of gratitude.

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⚖️🚨SENTENCED🚨⚖️ #Consequences #Jan6thInsurrection Pleading Guilty, LUKE HOFFMAN ⤵️, 40, of Dover, KY, was SENTENCED to 20 mos prison, 36 mos supervised release & $2,000 fin e for his CRIMES at the Capitol on #Jan6 MORE INFO: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/ken… FBI tip line: 1-800-225-5324

James Baldwin Response to “Why must you always concentrate on color?”

One student was told to remove a flag from his truck, and Ryan Walters issued new guidelines about flags, the Pledge, and required schools report on how they promote patriotism. Six students spelled out the N-word on t-shirts, and Ryan Walters has said nothing. Weird.

This is the Republican Party. Period.

Donald Trump posted this unhinged, all-caps rant about how only he can make women happy and "PROTECT" them. Remember, he's an adjudicated rapist, accused of sexual assault or misconduct by more than 20 women, and he's the reason that one-in-three adult women now live under a

Today, my office recovered 262 firearms, including 21 assault weapons, at our gun buyback events in Amsterdam and Saranac Lake.    As senseless gun violence continues to plague this country, we're doing everything we can to get these weapons out of our neighborhoods.

BREAKING: Trump has launched a 1oz silver coin that he’s selling for $100. To MAGA PEOPLE who will be fooled, here are 2 important things to know before buying it: 1) NONE of this money goes to his campaign. 2) 1oz of silver is worth $30, not $100.

Trump doesn’t want immigration to be fixed because he needed to run on it being broken. #CNN #Immigration

45 Days until we elect Kamala Harris the President

Once again JD Vance has told a fascist rally that he and Trump will expel immigrants who are here legally. This isn't about border security or process. This is about Trump and Vance planning to purge this nation of non-whites.

Hey look it’s attendees leaving in droves less than 30 minutes into Trump’s speech at his rally in Wilmington, NC today: